''Auður'' (Modern Icelandic spelling) or ''Auðr'' (Old Icelandic spelling) is an

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- Icelandic female personal name. It also has the variant forms ''Unnr'' (Old Icelandic) and ''

Unnur Unnur is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Unnur Benediktsdottir Bjarklind (1881–1946), Icelandic poet and prose writer who wrote as Hulda *Unnur Birna Vilhjálmsdóttir (born 1984), former winner of the Miss Iceland pageant * ...

'' (Modern Icelandic). It is sometimes rendered as ''

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'', ''Audr'', or ''Unn'' in English and in other languages.

People and characters from medieval sources

Auðr (mythology) In Norse mythology, Auðr (Old Norse "prosperity"Simek (2007:22).) is the son of the personified night, Nótt, fathered by Naglfari, and uncle of Thor. Auðr is attested in the ''Prose Edda'', written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson, and ...

, the son of Nótt and Naglfari in ''Snorra Edda'' * Auðr in djúpauðga Ívarsdóttir, settler of Iceland * Auðr in djúpauðga Ketilsdóttir (834-900 AD), the wife of Olaf the White of Dublin, "King" of Ireland

Post-medieval Icelandic women

Auður Auðuns Auður Auðuns (18 February 1911 – 19 October 1999) was an Icelandic lawyer and politician from the Independence Party. She set several records as she became the first Icelandic woman to obtain a law degree, the first female Mayor of Reykjaví ...

(1911–1999), lawyer and politician *

Auður Laxness Auður Sveinsdóttir Laxness (20 July 1918 – 29 October 2012) was an Icelandic writer and craftswoman, credited with influencing the design and popularity of the Icelandic Lopapeysa sweater during the mid-20th century. Her husband was Icelandic ...

(1918–2012), writer and craftsperson *

Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir (born 1958) is an Icelandic professor of art history, a novelist, playwright and poet. She received the Nordic Council Literature Prize for ''Hotel Silence'' in 2018 and the Médicis Foreign Award for ''Miss Iceland'' in ...

(born 1958), writer and professor of art history *

Auður Jónsdóttir Auður Jónsdóttir (born 30 March 1973) is an Icelandic author. Her novels deal with family, particularly mother-daughter relationships. Career Auður's debut novel, ''Bliss'' (Stjórnlaus Lukka), was nominated for the Icelandic Literary ...

(born 1973), writer

Organisations

Auður Capital Auður Capital was a financial service company, founded in 2007 by two Icelandic businesswomen, with the aim of incorporating feminine values into finance. Halla Tómasdóttir Halla Tómasdóttir (born 11 October 1968) is an Icelandic business pe ...

, financial service company *

Nidingr (band) Nidingr is a Norwegian black metal band from Borre. Initially started as a solo project of guitarist Morten "Teloch" Iversen under the name Audr in 1992, the band is "known for its efficiently complex songwriting, ravaging, dissonant, with cat ...

, a band formerly known as ''Audr''

People and characters from medieval sources

Post-medieval Icelandic women

Organisations

See also